Comparison · vs Redgate SQL Monitor
Redgate SQL Monitor — sin el servidor on-prem que nadie quiere mantener.
Misma profundidad SQL Server (Query Store, DMVs, AlwaysOn), más MySQL/Postgres/Mongo/Redis y bandas de pronóstico aprendidas. SaaS o BYOC.
01. Why teams move
What teams say in the first call.
- SQL Server-first; Postgres support is recent and limited.
- Per-server pricing scales painfully past ~30 servers.
- On-prem-only; no SaaS or BYOC option.
- Modern AI / forecasting features are limited.
- Cross-DB unified pane is not the design center.
02. Honest take
What Redgate SQL Monitor is genuinely good at.
We’re not interested in trash-talk. Here’s where Redgate SQL Monitor is the right call — useful even if you end up choosing Obsfly, because keeping Redgate SQL Monitor for some workloads can make sense.
- + Deep SQL Server integration — Query Store, DMVs, plan analysis, Extended Events.
- + Mature alerting and notification routing for SQL Server-specific issues.
- + AlwaysOn AG monitoring is best-in-class.
- + Strong UK / European enterprise relationships and support.
03. Side by side
Obsfly vs Redgate SQL Monitor, line by line.
04. The math
Pricing snapshot.
Public list pricing where known; “contact sales” where not. Real bills are usually within 20% of these figures.
05. Switching
How teams actually switch.
Same Query Store data
Both built on Query Store + DMVs. Same query_id, same plan history. Migration is mechanical.
Keep Redgate for AG
Some teams keep Redgate specifically for AlwaysOn deep-dive and use us for the cross-DB pane.
Mixed-DB consolidation
If your company has SQL Server + Postgres + Mongo, this is the moment to consolidate to one tool.
06. FAQ
Common questions.
Does Obsfly match Redgate on AlwaysOn AG depth?+
Honest answer: not yet. We cover replica lag, sync state, and failover events. Redgate's AG-specific dashboards have a 10-year head start on us in this category.
Can we run both?+
Yes. They don't interfere. Some teams keep Redgate for AG and use us for everything else.
Where it shows up
Obsfly for the databases you run.
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Deep dives
Reading you might want before the call.
Postgres
Postgres slow queries: 12 causes and how to find each one
A field-tested playbook for diagnosing a slow Postgres query in production — from missing indexes to plan flips to bloated tables — with the SQL to find each cause and the fix.
AI
Anomaly detection on database metrics: why thresholds fail and what works
A walk through forecast bands, change-point detection, multi-variate anomaly, and the seasonality math that makes 'p99 over 200ms' the wrong alert by default — with the Postgres example that broke our last threshold.
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See it on your stack.
20-min comparison demo. Bring real queries from your Redgate SQL Monitor setup; we'll reproduce them in Obsfly live.